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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edwin Frank Rejda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Joseph Michael Stephan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
The Ngoc Nguyen, Lakeville, MN (US);
Neil Zuckerman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Gary J. Kunkel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Douglas H. Cole, Burnsville, MN (US);
Michael A. Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Chris Rea, Edina, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic device including: a magnetic reader; a magnetic writer; and a variable overcoat, the variable overcoat positioned over at least the magnetic reader and writer, the variable overcoat having an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer having a substantially constant thickness and material; and at least one disparate overcoat portion, the disparate overcoat portion having a different thickness, a different material, or both, than the overcoat layer.